Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Rolling, rolling, rolling

I'm rolling along on Bonnie H's mystery quilt. Last night I finished 10 more 8.5" squares of step 3 and now I only have 10 more to go and I'll be finished with that step. While I'm doing that, I'm neglecting everything else. No cards written or sent. No cookies baked. No decorations up--yet. Friday Lily will come out for the weekend and we always need her to come with us to the tree farm to chose the Christmas tree. That girl has an artist's eye! So that's on the schedule for Saturday afternoon with decorating it on Sunday.

Saturday is our Winter Solstice dinner--only Tessa and Lily will be attending this year. I hope that Lily will help me cook and set a pretty table and generally get things ready. I think she'll be excited to help put out the nice dishes, make a fancy desert, etc--and that will be a help to me as well.

This is my last week of full time work--and it's dragging big time! The next 2 weeks we have thurs and fri off for the holidays and the first week in Jan I'm taking off thurs and fri for the trip to Chicago with the kids. I can't wait to go on the shortened work week--it's been a long time coming. And, as Al Franken's character used to say, I deserve it.

About Me

I retired from my career as a social worker about 4 years ago, went on a trip, and then returned to work, part-time. In March, I finally decided to totally leave the world of work, and am now enjoying long, lazy days as a retired person. I share my home with my patient husband of 40+ years and with a cat that we are fostering for our middle child. She lives in Maine with her daughter, Lily. We also have a son in Milwaukee with a wife and 3 children, and the youngest child is a social worker in the Minneapolis area. When I'm not at my sewing machine, which I try to use at least once a day, I can be found in the garden or swimming pool or bike path in the summer, or reading a good book in front of the fireplace with a stew or soup bubbling on the stove.